About
Iyalode (Queen Mother) Yeyefini Efunbolade is a charismatic woman who has brought joy and meaning to the lives of thousands of people. Efunbolade is a spiritual coach, priestess, cultural consultant, author, lecturer, and President of Yeyefini.com/Balanced Living Inc. She was ordained as a Yoruba Ifa Priestess in 1971. She teaches and performs rituals and ceremonies in the West African tradition as well as organize and host spiritual retreats and pilgrimages throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and the world through the International Institute of African Studies and Knowledge (IIASK, Inc.), which she founded.
BIOGRAPHY
Iyalode (Queen Mother) Yeyefini Efunbolade is an internationally renowned dynamic author, spiritual life coach, respected diviner, proven spiritual reader, and trusted counselor for whom she is consistently sought. She is the founder and director of the Self-Empowerment Intensive Experience (SEIE), the founder of the International Institute of African Studies and Knowledge, Incorporated (IIASK, Inc.), one of the founders of Oyo Tunji African Village in Sheldon, South Carolina as well as the President of Yeyefini.com/Balanced Living.
She is a bi-lingual African Latina born in the Republic of Panama. Iyalode Yeyefini has over 50 years of experience utilizing a variety of unique healing methods as an African Cultural Consultant, Spiritual Counselor, Holistic Life Coach, Teacher, Diviner, and Ordained Priestess who has initiated, ordained, trained, and mentored over 150 godchildren in the U.S. and other parts of the world into the African spiritual practice. She has inspired spiritual rejuvenation, healed negative thought patterns, and assisted in the elimination of blockages of present life challenges.
Iyalode Yeyefini is a shape-shifter, light-worker who understands the limitless potential of Spirit, its complexity, and its ever-evolving nature. She is committed to communicating through Spirit, revealing the inner-workings of her client’s needs, meeting them wherever they are on their journey, and guiding them towards fully acknowledging and embracing the power of their mind, body, and spirit. She believes that through this realization change is ushered as the spirit begins to remember its purpose and transformation begins.
As an ordained Priestess, she has counselled and performed countless weddings; naming ceremonies for infants, children, and adults; and grief healing ceremonies. Her infectious love is felt across the Republic of Panama, the United States, Costa Rica, Ghana, Nigeria, Barbados, and Jamaica as she conducts and advises thousands of seekers.
Iyalode Yeyefini Efunbolade’s spiritual walk of over 50 years has honored her with a full roster of spiritual gifts and accolades including training and ordaining some of the world’s most superlative Priests and Priestess in the Ifa system. Iyalode Yeyefini’s vivacious and loving personality leaves you feeling as though you have known her all of your life. She is the proud mother of three children and six grandchildren. Additionally, her Rites of Passage for tweens and teens (ages 10 to 18) has received notoriety worldwide as she continues to empower young people.
My Mission
I am excited, honored, and grateful for the opportunity to assist you in embracing your God-given gifts of health, wealth, prosperity, and grace. Inspired by the Ancestors, we will awaken great passion, inspiration, and appreciation within you for your destiny and purpose. This will be achieved through the knowledge of Spirit, the nurturing of your mind and body, with tools given to you via one-on-one appointments, lectures, teleconferences, retreats, and online classes.
I intend to refresh the existing wealth of knowledge and appreciation of those whom are already in their awareness, while introducing others to the Ancient African traditional systems.
As a world traveler who has developed and implemented a variety of spiritual conferences, cultural retreats, workshops and pilgrimages around the world, it is my divine privilege to be the Spiritual God-Mother of hundreds coming into and thriving within this practice.
My mission is to successfully inspire, educate, motivate, and lovingly contribute to the lives of everyone whom Spirit brings into my life in addition to building a community of spiritual beings. Upon joining the Ore IIASK (friends of the Institute), one becomes a member of a very supportive, loving, uplifting, and safe community.